GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 16 Aug 2012
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 2 Jun 2015
GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    279%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    315%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 Ti

100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 980 Ti .
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980 Ti

215% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 980 Ti

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 660 TiGeForce GTX 980 Ti
GPU NameGK104 (GK104-300-KD-A2)vsGM200 (GM200-310-A1)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size294 mm²vs601 mm²
Transistors3,540 millionvs8,000 million
Shaders1344vs2816
Compute Units7vs22
Core clock915 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs24vs96
TMUs112vs176

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 660 TiGeForce GTX 980 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 660 TiGeForce GTX 980 Ti
TDP150 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date16 Aug 2012vs2 Jun 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    25.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    96.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    102.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    176.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    144.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    337.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    2460.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    5632.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    8790
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    24560

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    26
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    90

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    19
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    61

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    36
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    110

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    29
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    84

FPS (higher is better)